The signist's book of modern alphabets, plain and ornamental, ancient and mediæval, from the eighth to the twentieth century, with numerals

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SoHE SIGNIST’S BOOK
MODERN ALPHABETS

PLAIN AND ORNAMENTAL, ANCIENT AND MEDIZAVAL, FROM THE
EIGHTH TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, WITH NUMERALS.

Including German, Old English, Saxon, Italic, Perspective, Greek, Hebrew, Court
Hand, Engrossing, Tuscan, Riband, Gothic, Rustic, and Arabesque, with several
Original Designs and An Analysis of the Roman and Old English Alphabets,
a ‘Large, Small, and Numerals, Church Text, Large and Small; German Arabesque;
Initials for Illumination, Monograms, Crosses, &c., for the use of Architectural

and Engineering Draughtsmen, Surveyors, Masons, Decorative Painters, _Lithog-
raphers, Engravers, Carvers, &c., &c. Sk Cee Suh Ric She chess

COLLECTED AND ENGRAVED BY F. DELAMOTTE.

CHICAGO:
FREDERICK J. DRAKE & GO., PUBLISHERS

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LIBRARY of CONGRESS

Two Copies Received
APR 14 1906

right Entry
12, 1906

Copyright 1906
by
Frederick J. Drake & Co.

PREFACE.

“IS there are no works of Ancient and Modern Alphabets of any excellence

published in a cheap form, I have been induced, after many years’ study

and research in my profession as a Draughtsman and Engraver, to offer
this collection to the favorable notice of the public, trusting that its very
moderate price and general usefulness will be a sufficient apology for the
undertaking.

The demand for a Second Edition within so short a period of the publi-
cation of the first, has convinced me in the most agreeable manner that it has
been a work required by the public. To render it still more worthy of their
attention, I have here introduced some additions, likely to enhance the interest
and increase the value of the pages, as an indication of the esteem in which
I have held the encouragement, and the respect I have paid to the suggestions

of the purchasers of this book, and the critics by whom it has been so liberally

reviewed.

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